Flamebait Friday Debate: Can we all just agree that Xbox Live is better now?
Have Sony's recent woes with the Playstation Network answered an old question?
Yes Sony has lost your personal data
Sony's PSN network has been hacked and 70 million users personal and possibly credit card data has been stolen
Sony’s PS3 Firmware 3.56 Released (And Subsequently Hacked)
Today’s news is all about the PSP2, or NGP as Sony’s calling it for the time being. Like Miklós, I was hoping the PSP2 wouldn’t be compelling enough for me to want one. My hopes have been dashed, and I’m already stashing pennies away for some portable Uncharted. Let’s hope that its got tighter security than its big brother the …
PS3 Jailbreak Exploit Released Online
Industrious hackers found a way to “open†up the PS3, a USB-based dongle that allows for loading of homebrew, as well as backups of games. They then tried to sell the bastard device for far too much money. More industrious hackers took that already dubious dongle, extracted its code and released it online, as open-source code – called PSGroove. This …
Iphone Jailbreaker Claims PS3 Hack Success
George Hotz, one of the guys on the team that broke open the Iphone with the Jailbreak method has claimed success in hacking the PS3. Praising the security on the PS3, Hotz says he now has read write access to the system’s memory, and full access to the hypervisor. I have read/write access to the entire system memory, and HV …
PSP Go Hacked… Already
It’s a sight that will have the Sony engineers scrambling for an answer before the executives see it. Piracy has been probably the biggest reason for the PSP’s meagre software sales and is something that Sony has put a lot of effort into resolving. As anyone who has ever met me will be able to attest to, I passionately despise …
PS3 hacker opens potential floodgates to homebrew and pirates.
The beta client for PlayStation Home has been hacked, reports Engadget. Reputed PlayStation 3 hacker “StreetskaterFU” decrypted the code late last week, giving access to those curious or seeking exploits. Though it’s too early to say for sure, possible exploits could allow homebrew applications and game backups to be played off the hard drive without swapping. Of course, “game backups” …
Social Engineering is not hacking
Phoning up customer support and convincing them that you are indeed James Patterson the 3rd does not count as hacking. If someone does that and then steals your Xbox Live Gamertag it doesn’t mean that Xbox Live has been hacked. There are now new stories doing the rounds saying that ‘social hackers’ are gaining access to your accounts and taking …
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